According to the division of areas of exploration between Spain and Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), Portugal received the territory of ________ in the New World
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer: Brazil
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A. The Iroquois needed to increase the power of their Confederacy in order to combat the powerful Europeans. B. The Iroquois had to prevent neighboring tribes from allying with the Europeans. C. European expansion constantly pushed the Iroquois from old tribal lands into new unconsecrated territories. D. As European diseases increased the death rate within the Iroquois Confederacy, their need to replenish their population with captives increased.
The die-hard Federalists who organized a scheme to break away from the Union and create a "northern confederacy" in 1804 were the
A) Federal Constitutionalists. B) Essex Junto. C) Hartford Convention. D) War Hawks.
The period between 1377 and 1417, when there were two and sometimes three rival Popes, was known as the
A) Protestant revolt. B) Conciliar Movement. C) Great Schism. D) Babylonian Captivity. E) Reformation.
The proslavery argument
A. was successful in influencing northern public opinion on slavery. B. refused to consider the Bible, depending instead on racist scientific treatises. C. was fully developed before 1830 as part of the antitariff campaign. D. was primarily used to satisfy the consciences of southerners.